Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks · SOC 43-3051
Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks Salary in the Arizona
Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025Arizona
Figures describe the state of Arizona as a whole.
Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks in the Arizona earned a median of $50,210 per year ($24.14 per hour) as of the May 2025 BLS OEWS estimates. Pay ranged from $33,870 at the 10th percentile to $69,980 at the 90th. BLS estimates 3,540 people work in this occupation in the area.
Pay distribution
Half of Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks in the Arizona earn more than $50,210 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $42,760 and $60,060.
| Wage | 10th | 25th | Median | 75th | 90th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Annual | $33,870 | $42,760 | $50,210 | $60,060 | $69,980 |
| Hourly | $16.28 | $20.56 | $24.14 | $28.88 | $33.64 |
A percentile is a cut point: 25% of workers in this occupation and area earn less than the 25th-percentile wage. The median is the 50th percentile — half earn less, half earn more.
How this area compares
- Arizona$50,210 median for Arizona; middle half earns $42,760 to $60,060
- United Statesnational$58,260 median for United States; middle half earns $47,990 to $69,600
Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.
The median here is −14% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.
Metro areas in Arizona
Metro areas in the same state with published May 2025 medians for payroll and timekeeping clerks, highest first. Areas without published estimates are not listed.
- Arizonathis page$50,210 median for Arizona; middle half earns $42,760 to $60,060
- $53,390 median for Flagstaff metro area; middle half earns $40,580 to $60,060
- $50,350 median for Phoenix metro area; middle half earns $43,470 to $61,490
- $49,090 median for Tucson metro area; middle half earns $40,810 to $58,890
- $47,210 median for Sierra Vista metro area; middle half earns $40,440 to $55,990
- $45,590 median for Lake Havasu City metro area; middle half earns $38,450 to $52,300
- $41,760 median for Prescott Valley metro area; middle half earns $31,960 to $57,360
Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.
Keep exploring
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About this estimate
These figures are survey estimates from the BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program — modeled from employer reports collected over three years and benchmarked to May 2025. They describe what employers in this area currently pay across all industries, not what any individual worker will be offered.
Employment counts wage-and-salary jobs in the occupation (self-employed workers are excluded). Estimates carry sampling error; percentile wages are rounded by BLS. Some values are suppressed by BLS for confidentiality or quality — suppressed values appear here as “not published”, never as zero. Read the full methodology.
About this data. Estimates are from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program, May 2025 release, retrieved from bls.gov/oes/tables.htm on July 24, 2026. OEWS estimates describe metropolitan/nonmetropolitan areas and states — not city limits — and are not designed for year-over-year comparisons. See BLS methodology, our plain-English methodology, and sources. CitySalaryData is independent and not affiliated with BLS.